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? Merops savignyi Audouin, Expl. Somm. Planch. d’Ois. de l’'Egypte, par Savigny, p. 371 (1825) («toute l'Afrique»). 
Fig. notab. Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Guép. pl. 6 et 6 bis. Sub-nom. : Guépier Savigny, Egypt.; Dresser, 
Birds Europe, Vol. 5, pl. 296 (1877); Monogr. Merop. pl. 16 (1884). 
Hab. North Africa (Egypt). South-Western Asia, Persia, to the north western provinces of India 
to the Caucasus and Turkestan, occasionally in South-Eastern Europe, occurring from Nubia 
(breeding ?) to Damara Land, Natal and Cape Colony in winter. 
to. Merops superciliosus saharz Neumann. 
Merops persicus saharae Neumann, Ornith. Monatsb. 1908, p. 28, (Tora, Lake Tsad). 
? Merops longicauda Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. Vol. 14, p. 15 (1817) (Malimbe). 
? Merops chrysocercus Cabanis & Heine 1), Mus. Heinean. Vol. 2, p. 139 (1859-1860) (Senegal). 
Fig. Neumann, Journ. f. Ornith. 1899, pl. 16. 
Hab. Oases of the Sahara, from Biskra to Lake Tsad; occurring perhaps also in Senegambia and the 
Congo State. 
1. Merops superciliosus philippinus Linneus. 
Merops philippinus Linneus, Syst. Nat. ed. 13, Vol. 1, p. 183, no. 5(1766) (in insul. Philippinis); cf. Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 17, p. 71 (1892). 
Merops javanicus Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond, Vol. 13, p. 171 (1820) (Java). 
Merops philippensis Stephens in Shaw, Gen. Zool. Vol. 13, Pt. 2, p. 75 (1826) (Philippine Isles). 
Merops daudin Cuvier, Régne Anim. Vol. 1, p. 442 (1829) (ex Levaillant : Philippines). 
Merops cyanorrhos Temminck, in Mus. Leyd. fide Cabanis, Mus. Heinean Vol. 2, p. 139 (1859-60). 
Merops philippinus var, celebensts Blasius, Zeitschr. Ges. Ornith. Vol. 2, p. 239 (1885) (Celebes). 
Fig. Brisson, Ornith. Vol. 4, pl. 43, f. 1 (1760); Daubenton, Pl. Enl. Vol. 6, p. 57; Levaillant, Hist. 
Nat. Guép. pl. 14 (1807); Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 1, pl. 36 (1855); Reerenceem Handb. Merop. 
pl. 444. ff. 3227, 3228 (1852); Dresser, Monogr. Merop. pl. 15 (1884); Meyer & Wiglesworth, Birds 
Celebes, pl. 8, f. 2 (1898) (tail). 
Hab. Philippines, Moluccas, Malay Peninsula, Indian Peninsula, Indo-Chinese provinces, Ceylon, 
Celebes. 
12. Merops superciliosus salvadorii A. B. Meyer. 
Merops salvadorti Meyer, The Ibis, p. 293 (1891) (New britain); cf. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 17, p. 72, 
nole (1892). 
Fig. Meyer, Journ. f. Ornith. pl. 1, f. 1 (rgor). 
Hab. New Britain, German New Guinea. 
13. Merops viridis viridis 2) Linnzus. 
Merops viridis Linneus, Syst. Nat. Vol. 1, p. 182 (1766) (Java, Bengala); cf. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
Vol. 17, p. 78 (1892) part. 
Merops coromandus Latham, Ind. Ornith. Vol. 1, p. 272 (1790) (India, Coromandela). 
Merops orientalis Latham, Ind, Ornith. Suppl. p. XXXIII (1801) (India). 
Merops caerulescens Latham, ibidem, p. XXXIII (1801) (« Habitatio dubia »). 
Merops lamarck Cuvier, Régne Anim. Vol. 1, p. 442 (1829) (« grande partie de I’Inde et del’ Ariane ») 
Merops indicus Jerdon, Madr. Journ. Vol. 2, p. 227 (1840) (« in numbers over all India »). 
Merops luteus Reichenbach, Handb. Merop. p. 75 (1852) (Coromandel). 
Merops ferrugicepbs Hodgson in Gray’s Zool. Miscell. p. 82 (1844). Nomen nudum. 
Merops torquatus Hodgson, ibidem, p. 81 (1844). Nomen nudum. 
Fig. notab. Albin, Nat. Hist. Birds, Vol. 3, pl. 30 (1740); Edwards, Nat. Hist. Birds, Vol. 4, pl. 183 
(1751); Gould, Birds Asia, Vol. 1, p. 35 (1855) ; Dresser, Monogr. Merop. pl. 9 (1886). 
Hab. Persia, Baluchistan, Indian Peninsula and Ceylon, eastwards through the Burmese countries 
to Cochin China. 
14. Merops viridis viridissimus Swainson. 
Merops viridisstmus Swainson, Birds West Afr. Vol. 2, p. 82 (1837) (Senegal ?). 
Merops viridis Linneus, cf. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 17, p. 78 (1892) part. 
Fig. notab. Brisson, Ornith. Vol. 4, pl. 42, f. 2 (1760); Daubenton, Pl. Enl. Vol. 6, pl. 740; Levaillant, 
Hist. Nat. Guép. pl. 10 (1807); Dresser, Birds Europe, Vol. 5, pl. 297 (1876); Dresser, Monogr. 
Merop. pl. 8 (1884). 
Hab. North-western Africa (Senegambia) and North-eastern Africa (Egypt, Sudan). 
1) Probably winter- or immature plumage. 
2) M. viridis viridis is probably to be subdivided into several forms. Birds from Ceylon are always smaller, those 
from Baluchistan are lighter. 
